The Mummy: Chapters on Egyptian Funereal Archaeology

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Page 324The mastaba pit and sarcophagus chamber. Characteristics of the earliest
mastabas. to conduct to them the smoke of incense or perfume. The interior of the
serdāb is never inscribed, and nothing but statues, inscribed with the names and
titles ...

Page 332The passage at D E is 125 feet long, and the large hall E F is 155 feet long and
28 feet high ; the passage E G leads to the pointed-roofed Queen's Chamber H,
which measures about 17 × 19 x 20 feet. The roofing in of this chamber is a ...

Page 338The entrance is on the north side, about thirteen feet above the ground, and a
descending corridor about 104 feet long, passing through an ante-chamber,
having a series of three granite doors, leads into one chamber about 44 feet long.